A Conversation on Growing Up with Dyslexia with 10th Grader Hadyn Fleming
Hadyn Fleming shares his story, discusses experiences that made a difference in his life, and candidly discloses what it really feels like to have dyslexia. He shares the way that dyslexia impacts all facets of education and, conversely, how becoming a confident reader gave him increased confidence in other areas of his life. Hadyn helps debunk dyslexia myths and talks about how an educator's belief in their students' potential is essential to student success.
Speaker: Hadyn Fleming
Publication Date: December 2021
Publisher: Science of Reading: The Podcast
Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Classroom Accommodations for Dyslexia
This article explains supports teachers can use to help students who struggle with reading, spelling, and writing. Lists are included for classroom materials and routines, introducing new concepts, giving instructions, and completing tests and assignments.
Author: Amanda Morin
Publication Date: Updated April 2024
Publisher: Understood
Dyslexia and the Brain
The role of the brain in developmental dyslexia has been studied in the context of brain anatomy, brain chemistry, and brain function—and in combination with interventions to improve reading and information about genetic influences. Together with results of behavioral studies, this information will help researchers to identify the causes of dyslexia, continue to explore early identification of dyslexia, and determine the best avenues for its treatment.
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: International Dyslexia Association
Dyslexia Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with dyslexia and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: September 2024
Publisher: KidsHealth
Dyslexia Handbook: A Technical Assistance Document to Support Families and Teachers
This AZ-TAS document provides guidelines for teachers and parents to identify dyslexia. It includes a description of educational strategies to improve the academic performance of pupils with dyslexia and available resources.
Publication Date: March 2018
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Dyslexia in Five
Dr Kelli Sandman-Hurley chats about all things dyslexia in eight episodes of five minutes or less. She covers various aspects of the IEP process, including parent and teacher views and dyslexia myths and misconceptions.
Author: Kelli Sandman-Hurley
Publication Date: July 2023
Publisher: Dyslexia Training Institute
Dyslexia in the Classroom: What Every Teacher Needs to Know
This toolkit provides classroom teachers with basic information about dyslexia and dispels some of the myths and misconception surrounding it. It is a resource that will increase capacity to ensure the success of learners in their classrooms.
Publication Date: 2017
Publisher: International Dyslexia Association
Gifted and Dyslexic: Identifying and Instructing the Twice Exceptional Student
This article explains twice exceptional or 2e as a term used to describe students who are both intellectually gifted (as determined by an accepted standardized assessment) and learning disabled, which includes students with dyslexia. It continues with how to identify and support these students.
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: International Dyslexia Association
How to Teach Kids With Dyslexia to Read
This article focuses on students with dyslexia becoming proficient readers with systematic phonics instruction. Learning a phonics pattern should be followed up with reading material with words using that same pattern.
Author: Caroline Miller
Publication Date: Updated June 2025
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
I Have Dyslexia. How Teachers Can Support Students Like Me
Many students with dyslexia experience a range of challenges throughout their K-12 years that negatively impact their mental health and their images of themselves. In this video, adults with dyslexia offer insight and advice for educators working with students with learning differences on their experiences and the types of supports they wish they’d had.
Author: Sam Mallon
Publication Date: May 2023
Publisher: Education Week
Learning Disabilities and Their Emotional Impact: Dr. Sheila Clonan
Dr. Sheila Clonan explores the mental and emotional effects of learning to read with dyslexia and how it impacts behavior and self-concept, providing two insightful analogies that illustrate what it feels like for students who aren’t given explicit instruction but are still expected to know how to read. She ends the episode with practical advice for educators and parents on how to support and encourage children.
Speaker: Sheila Clonan
Publication Date: August 2021
Publisher: Science of Reading: The Podcast
Signs of Dyslexia at Different Ages
This article provides common signs of dyslexia at different ages and how to help. A video is included to enhance the information for signs of dyslexia in preschool, grades K–2, grades 3–5, tweens, teens, and adults.
Publisher: Understood
Understanding Dyslexia
This article helps educators and parents understand what dyslexia is and what the signs of dyslexia are. It provides information on when and how to get a diagnosis and how to support a child with dyslexia.
Author: Katherine Martinelli
Publication Date: January 2025
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
What Does Dyslexia Look Like in Children and Adults?
This article discusses the early signs of dyslexia and the four types of dyslexia: phonological dyslexia, surface dyslexia, rapid naming deficit, and double deficit dyslexia. It further discusses the process of getting a diagnosis and what to expect.
Publication Date: Updated December 2024
Publisher: Ability Central
What Factors Facilitate Resilience in Developmental Dyslexia? Examining Protective and Compensatory Mechanisms Across the Neurodevelopmental Trajectory
This article reviews findings describing genetic, cognitive, neurobiological, and environmental factors that facilitate reading development and propose a model of neural pathways to support successful reading development in at-risk children.
Authors: Xi Yu, Jennifer Zuk, and Nadine Gaab
Publication Date: December 2018
Publisher: National Institutes of Health
Why Children with Dyslexia Struggle with Writing and How to Help Them
This article describes the challenges of children with dyslexia in terms of the simple view of writing and offers instructional strategies and procedures to increase spelling and overall writing quality in children with dyslexia.
Authors: Michael Hebert, Devin Kearns, Joanne Baker Hayes, Pamela Bazis, and Samantha Cooper
Publication Date: October 2018
Publisher: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools